Watch Dogs has beaten out previous record holder, L.A. Noire for fastest selling new IP.

Everyone knew that Ubisoft's upcoming "hack everything" title Watch Dogs was going to be big, but maybe not quite this big. The title has skyrocketed up the UK charts to become the fastest selling new IP in history, beating out previous record holder L.A. Noire by more than half its first week sales again.

Watch Dogs also beat out Ubisoft's previous peak for launch week sales - set in 2012 by Assassin's Creed 3 - by more than 17 per cent. Overall, the game is the 17th biggest game launch in the UK of all time, and only titles from the four biggest established franchises - GTA, FIFA, Call of Duty and Battlefield - have ever sold more.

The majority of titles were sold for Sony's PlayStation 4, which also enjoyed a 94 percent increase in sales for the game's launch week.

Elsewhere in the charts, Nintendo's Mario Kart 8 turned up comfortably in second place - being the biggest Wii U game launch in the UK to date, and the second best launch for a Mario Kart title ever in the UK. It has managed to push the sales of Wii U consoles up a whopping 666 per cent this week.

Following Mario Kart were Wolfenstein: The New Order, FIFA 14 and Minecraft PS3 Edition in third, forth and fifth place respectively.

On topic: considering Ubisoft only seems to care about money, a sequel is almost guaranteed now. I just hope it will be less mediocre, because we really don't need another yearly installment of a mediocre franchise.

Elsewhere in the charts, Nintendo's Mario Kart 8 turned up comfortably in second place - being the biggest Wii U game launch in the UK to date, and the second best launch for a Mario Kart title ever in the UK. It has managed to push the sales of Wii U consoles up a whopping 666 per cent this week.

Well it's clear than Nintendo have enlisted sinister forces to try and get the Wii U back.

lee1287:i keep toying with the idea of buying a WII U, Just for Mario Kart. Is it worth it? Number two seems like it is. Not surprised at this news, all my friends list are playing 'WATCH_DOGS'

I wouldn't personally buy a Wii U just for Mario Kart (now F-Zero on the other hand...)I do recommend that you consider some of the free games you can get if you register Mario Kart 8 in the next month or so, Europe and Japan's line up includes The Wonderful 101 (highly recommended technical action game with all of the charm you expect from developers from Platinum or Hideki Kamiya - known for also directing for Bayonetta, Devil May Cry, Okami and Viewitiful Joe).

its easy when there are NO GAMES on either of these "next gen" consoles. Really? say you got new Xbone, whats games come to mind......TItanfall, watchdogs........killer instint ? So you've just pissed away close to 400+ and with no very much to even do.

Oh good, now Ubisoft can flaunt this and act like it means they've done a great job.

The thing only sold well because there's barely any games out for the new consoles and people want something else to play on them. I've heard pretty meh things about the game itself. And now it's proven games don't have to be good to sell really well.Wonderful.Ehh.

I'm more surprised that the previous record holder was L.A. Noire to be honest. I knew it was popular (and I quite like it), but to sell more than any new IP up until it's time? Woah.

As for Watch Dogs (or is it Watch_Dogs?), well the hype and the new generation should make this quite the predictable outcome given Titanfall's quick disappearance. The PS4 sales are not surprising. Whenever I see an advert for it (be it billboard, television adverts, supermarket pictures, posters) it's always "Get Watch Dogs on PS4!". Sure marketers, ignore the 360, PS3, Wii U and Xbox One.

Evonisia:I'm more surprised that the previous record holder was L.A. Noire to be honest. I knew it was popular (and I quite like it), but to sell more than any new IP up until it's time? Woah.

As for Watch Dogs (or is it Watch_Dogs?), well the hype and the new generation should make this quite the predictable outcome given Titanfall's quick disappearance. The PS4 sales are not surprising. Whenever I see an advert for it (be it billboard, television adverts, supermarket pictures, posters) it's always "Get Watch Dogs on PS4!". Sure marketers, ignore the 360, PS3, Wii U and Xbox One.

It did surprise me as well but then I remembered how much of a massive deal was made about the actors actually mo-capping their scenes and how it was super realistic etc. Another hype bubble (although I did enjoy the game when I was playing it).

Would anyone recommend Watch_dogs then? I was toying with idea but might just stick with Dark Souls 2 until it drops in value/I have more money...

JasonKaotic:Oh good, now Ubisoft can flaunt this and act like it means they've done a great job.

The thing only sold well because there's barely any games out for the new consoles and people want something else to play on them. I've heard pretty meh things about the game itself. And now it's proven games don't have to be good to sell really well.Wonderful.Ehh.

I've enjoyed the game a lot, perhaps checking it out yourself rather than parroting others? (Wait for it to go on sale). As for games to play, I've not noticed an issue, there's more than just the box games on the shelf. That said I haven't finished my games due to lack of free time (grr work)

Would anyone recommend Watch_dogs then? I was toying with idea but might just stick with Dark Souls 2 until it drops in value/I have more money...

I haven't played it yet myself (I'm still waiting for that Nvidia free Watch Dogs coupon to show up) but the trend I'm seeing is the PC version is a buggy, unoptimized, DRM filled piece of crap while console versions get lots of praise.